Professors of Previous Years

Professor - Dr. Maria Virvou was born in Athens, Greece. She received a B.Sc. Degree in Mathematics from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, a M.Sc. Degree in Computer Science from the University College London (UCL), U.K. and a Ph.D. Degree in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence from the University of Sussex, U.K. funded by a scholarship obtained from the Greek State Scholarship Foundation.

She is currently a FULL PROFESSOR, HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT, DIRECTOR OF POST- GRADUATE STUDIES and DIRECTOR OF THE SOFTWARE ENGINEERING LAB in the Department of Informatics, University of Piraeus, Greece. She is AUTHOR/CO-AUTHOR of over 350 research papers published in international journals, books and conference proceedings and of 7 books and monographs in Computer Science published by Springer and other publishers. She is currently EDITOR-IN-CHIEF of the Springer book series “Learning and Analytics in Intelligent Systems”. She has been EDITOR of over 20 collections of papers in conference proceedings or books, published by major academic publishers, such as IEEE, Springer and IOS Press. She has also been EDITOR-IN-CHIEF of the SpringerPlus Journal (Springer) for the whole area of Computer Science. Additionally, she has been an ASSOCIATE EDITOR of many other journals. She was GENERAL CO-CHAIR of the yearly conference series of International Conference on Information, Intelligence, Systems and Applications (IISA 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013), technically-sponsored by IEEE, which aims at promoting research in the area of interactive multimedia and major applications. She has been the GENERAL CHAIR / PROGRAM CHAIR of over twenty (20) International Conferences. She has been the PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR or CO-INVESTIGATOR of numerous national / international research projects. She has supervised 12 Ph.D. alumni and many of them currently hold academic positions in Universities. She has been teaching under-graduate and post-graduate courses in Educational Software, Software Engineering and Mobile Software, Human Computer Interaction, Programming Languages and Compilers, Software Personalization Technologies, User Modeling, Adaptive Tutoring Systems.

Prof.-Dr. Virvou has been a recipient of many best paper awards in international conferences. She has been an invited keynote speaker for many international conferences. She has received an honorary award by UNESCO in honour and recognition of her outstanding scholarly achievements and contributions to the field of Computer Science. She received the 1^st Research Award from the Research Centre of the University of Piraeus for high quality international journal publications among Faculty Members of the University of Piraeus for the years 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 respectively. According to Microsoft Academic Search exploring entity analytics of 262,751,231 Authors she has been ranked as top 1^st author in the Computer Science area of EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE regarding citations and 2^nd regarding publications. In addition, she has been ranked as top 1^st author in publications in the Computer Science areas of MOBILE AUTHORING TOOLS, ADAPTIVE TUTORING, BI-MODAL AFFECTIVE COMPUTING, INTELLIGENT HELP, AUTOMATIC REASONING HELP, EDUCATIONAL GAME SOFTWARE, VIRTUAL REALITY EDUCATIONAL GAME, RUP LIFE CYCLE SOFTWARE. She has been ranked as 2^nd top author regarding publications in the areas of SOFTWARE PERSONALIZATION STUDENT MODELING, INTELLIGENT HELP SYSTEMS FOR UNIX USERS, KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING AFFECTIVE SYSTEMS, top 4^th author in the area of UML INTELLIGENT COLLABORATIVE LEARNING and top 5^th in the whole area of USER MODELING. Moreover she has been ranked among the top 40 researchers worldwide in publications for the Computer Science area of MULTIMEDIA (out of 979.432 publications, 8.626.011 citations, 1.600.000 authors), among the top 50 authors in the area of USER INTERFACE (out of 176.156 publications, 3.462.738 citations) and among the top 65 authors in HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION (out of 538.396 publications, 6.497.244 citations). She is among the top 2% of the most influential scientists worldwide in the area of ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, according to Ioannidis, J. P., Boyack, K. W., & Baas, J. (2020) “Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators”, PLoS Biology, 18(10), e3000918.

• Position: Professor
• Office: 507/ΚΕΚΤ
• Telephone: +30 210 4142269
• Email: mvirvou@unipi.gr

Mr. Th. Panagiotopoulos is an Electrical Engineer at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) with a BSc and MSc degree. He also holds a PhD in Artificial Intelligence. He has published 135 papers in scientific journals, book chapters from international scientific publishers, proceedings of international conferences, and has made presentations at scientific conferences and workshops. He has served as an editor for 5 volumes of conference proceedings and has authored university-level computer science books.

Since 1991, he has initiated and taught 24 undergraduate courses and 21 postgraduate courses. He has supervised and co-supervised numerous undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral theses. He has participated in research and development projects funded by the General Secretariat for Research and Technology (GSRT), the Ministry of Education, and the European Union. Additionally, he has served as an evaluator for the GSRT, the Research Promotion Foundation of Cyprus, the Information Society, and more.

He has held various positions within the scientific society "Hellenic Artificial Intelligence Society" (EETN), including Treasurer, Secretary, and President. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Authority for Qualifications (EKDDA) for a five-year term (2005-2010), Director of the National School of Public Administration (2005-2010), President of the Central Scientific Excellence Committee of the Ministry of Education for a two-year term (2012-2014), member of the Board of Directors of the Institute of Educational Policy (IEP) for a three-year term (2013-2015), Deputy Vice-Rector for Economic Planning at the University of Piraeus, and President of the Special Account and the Research Committee (2014-2016). He has also been a member of advisory councils for the General Secretariat for Public Revenue and the Independent Authority for Public Revenue for a four-year term (2016-2019), Special Advisory Council, Senior Advisory Council, and Supreme Advisory Council. He is a member of the Senate of the University of Piraeus, the Research Committee of the University of Piraeus, and the Director of the established laboratories "Information Systems Laboratory" (2010-2016) and "Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality Laboratory" (2016-present).

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• Position: Professor Emeritus University of Patras
• Office: Κτίριο Ηλεκτρολόγων, 3ος όροφος, Π. Πατρών, Ρίο, Πάτρα
• Telephone: +30 261 0996466
• Email: kotsop@ece.upatras.gr

Joseph Stefanou is an urban architect, President of the Syros Institute, Emeritus Professor of the School of Architecture of the National Technical University of Athens. He studied Architecture at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux, Urban Planning at the Institut D'Urbanisme de l'Universite de Paris and at the Universite des Vincennes (D.E.A. and 3rd cycle doctorate). Social Psychology at the Universite Louis Pasteur de Strasbourg (D.E.A. and 3rd cycle doctorate). Psychology of space at the University of Strasbourg 1 (doctorat d'etat). He has been Vice-President of the "Committee of Experts on the Social Aspects of Housing and Development of the Population" of the Council of Europe. More than 100 of his scientific papers have been published in Greek and foreign journals.

• Position: Emeritus Professor
• Office: 104/ΓΛ126
• Telephone: +30 210 4142479
• Email: jstefanou@unipi.gr

Galateia Kapellakou is a lawyer specializing in Intellectual Property Law. She has worked as a consultant at UNESCO in the Cultural Diversity Division, participated as an expert in EU programs on Intellectual Property Law, and is a collaborator of KE.ME.A in research programs under HORIZON Europe, focusing on research ethics. She holds a Ph.D. in Law from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and the University of Nantes (co-tutelle, Intellectual Property), a Master's degree in Intellectual Property Law (DEA, Law School of Nantes), and International Studies (LL.M., Law School of Athens). During her dissertation, she received a scholarship from the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition. She teaches at the University of Patras in the Department of Computer Engineering and Informatics the course "Social and Legal Aspects of Technology," and at the Aristotle University in the MSc program in Advanced Computer Systems and Communication the course "Intellectual Property Law." She publishes articles and research in legal journals and collective volumes.

• Position: Lawyer specializing in the field of Intellectual Property Law
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• Email: dcsciot@unipi.gr

Krystallenia Kolotourou is a graduate of the Law Department at the School of Law, Economics, and Political Sciences of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (EKPA) and holds a Master's degree from the University of Nantes, France, in Intellectual Property Law ("Propriété Intellectuelle"). She is a Ph.D. in Law from EKPA, and her doctoral thesis is titled "The neighboring right of sound recordings producers." Throughout her professional career, she has systematically dealt with intellectual property issues and has participated as an expert in EU programs related to Intellectual Property Law. Additionally, she writes articles and participates in conferences.

• Position: Lawyer
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I began my career at Marathon Data Systems in 1984, bringing with me a background in Finance and Administration and a strong interest in technology. Over the years, I developed expertise in database design, programming, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)—skills that have shaped my entire professional journey.
During the 1980s, when Arc/Info was Esri’s leading GIS technology, I became specialized in installing, configuring, and integrating Arc/Info and later PC Arc/Info with various computer peripherals such as pen plotters, thermal printers, and digitizer tablets. I supported numerous installations across different environments, including DOS and UNIX systems from Sun, HP, Digital, Silicon Graphics, and Data General.
Over the years, I have delivered extensive training and onboarding programs, helping users get started and make the most of GIS technology. As the exclusive Esri distributor for Greece and Cyprus, Marathon Data Systems has implemented many large-scale GIS projects that I had the privilege to manage — including for the Hellenic Military Geographical Service, Greek Cadastre, Cyprus Cadastre, Archaeological Cadastre, Hellenic Coast Guard, Hellenic Post, as well as numerous regional and municipal governments, gas utilities, and telecommunications organizations.
Throughout my four decades in the GIS industry, I have participated in hundreds of scientific conferences, both as an exhibitor and a presenter, continuously sharing insights and learning from the global GIS community.
Today, as CEO of Marathon Data Systems, my vision is to continue strengthening our support for users and partners — empowering them with innovative GIS solutions and helping them achieve even greater success.

• Position: CEO at Marathon Data Systems
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• Position: Teaching Staff, IT Solution Sales Manager, Huawei
• Office: 104/ΓΛ126
• Telephone: +30 210 4142479
• Email: dcsciot@unipi.gr

Eleni Linaki is a Building Renovation and Restoration Engineer, a graduate of the TEI of Larissa as well as an Urban Planning-Spatial Planning and Development Engineer (AUTh). She received her master's degree from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in the Protection, Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Monuments, and is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Architecture, NTUA and Secretary of the Syros Institute. She has several research papers in scientific conferences and journals, while she has participated in seminars on architecture and the restoration of buildings and monuments.

• Position: Teaching Staff
• Office: 104/ΓΛ126
• Telephone: +30 210 4142479
• Email: dcsciot@unipi.gr

Maria Sambatakaki studied History at the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Athens and at the University of Helsinki, as well as Literature at the University of Cambridge. She was a scholar of the Fund for American Studies and the International Institute for Political and Economic Studies. Her career in historical research began at the Historical and Diplomatic Archive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP). She worked with archival collections at the central service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Athens, abroad (UK, Egypt), and domestically (Archives of Italian Administration in the Dodecanese, GAk, Rhodes). As an independent researcher, she conducted partial documentation of archival material related to the Greek community in Finland. Since 2004, she has been actively involved in "Public History" as a writer and scientific collaborator in newspapers (Ethnos, Eleftherotypia) and magazines (Istoria, Istorika Themata). She has published several monographs on topics of modern Greek history (Periskopio editions, 2006-2010) and two testimonial books (Topos editions, 2011-2014). In 2014, she founded the original Public History Production Group "historistai". She has collaborated with and taught at Masaryk University (Czech Republic).

• Position: Historian, Founder of the collaborative production group for Public History called "historistai"
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Kostas Skrekas hails from Megarchi Trikalon.

He graduated from the Department of Civil Engineering at the Polytechnic School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. From 1997 to 1999, he served his military service as a Reserve Officer in the Corps of Engineers with distinction. In 2000, he completed his postgraduate studies in Construction Management (MSc in Construction Management) at the University of Birmingham in England.

From 2000 onwards, he worked in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry in managerial positions. He was also a co-founder and CEO of a company in the same field for 12 years.

In 2012, he ran for office for the first time in the elections on May 6th and was elected as a Member of Parliament for the Trikala constituency with New Democracy party. He was re-elected in the elections on June 17th.

In the Hellenic Parliament, he has participated in the Committee on Economic Affairs, the Standing Committee on Production and Trade, the Special Permanent Committee on Research and Technology, and the Special Permanent Committee on Environmental Protection.

He served as the Minister of Development and Competitiveness from October 2014 to February 2015.

On July 7th, 2019, he was elected as the top vote-getter in the Trikala Regional Unit and was appointed Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Food.

He heads the working group for the National Plan for the Reconstruction of Agro-environmental Infrastructure (ESAAI).

Since January 5th, 2021, he has been serving as the Minister of Environment and Energy (until 2023).

• Position: f. Minister of Environment and Energy
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• Email: dcsciot@unipi.gr

PhD in Architecture - Urban Planning MSc in Monument Protection MSc in Environmental Design.

Dr. Pavlos Chatzigrigoriou is a digital heritage expert, specializing in the documentation and preservation of cultural heritage. As the founder of HERMeS NGO, he has led groundbreaking projects like the award-winning Hermoupolis Digital Heritage Management System (Europa Nostra Award, 2015). He is also the Managing Director and Scientific Responsible for the Historical Museum of Hermoupolis. Pavlos lectures on Digital Heritage at the University of the Aegean and University of Piraeus and serves on the Europa Nostra Awards Jury. His work focuses on innovative and inclusive approaches to cultural heritage, combining technology, education, and community engagement.

• Position: Manager Director of Historical Museum of Hermoupolis, Co Founder HERMeS NGO
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• Email: pchatzigrigoriou@unipi.gr

Vicky Anagnostopoulou studied History, Archaeology, and Social Anthropology at the University of Thessaly, focusing on History and Social Anthropology. She then pursued a postgraduate degree in Historical Paleontology at the Kapodistrian University. She worked for 10 years in the magazine industry.

During that time, she served as an editor and later as the chief editor of the scientific publications of National Geographic Greece, alongside the late director of the magazine, Professor and Rector of the University of the Aegean, Nikos Margaris. She also wrote articles for magazines and online platforms focusing on culture.

The continuous search and the changing landscape of content creation with the advent of the digital world led her to pursue a postgraduate degree in digital marketing and content creation in the digital sphere. It was around that time that she started collaborating with the European Parliament, working in their press office, providing advice, and taking care of their online presence at all levels for Greek Members of the European Parliament.

The combination of her academic studies with her newfound digital skills allowed her to establish a company called B2Square. B2Square specializes in digital and analog content production for business fields related to human beings and the surrounding culture.

B2Square collaborates with the European Parliament, the Bodossaki Foundation for campaigns such as the Fight against Gender-Based Violence, and the Mental Health Organization EPAPSY, as well as with major artistic production companies. In addition, the company conducts ongoing anthropological research through a cultural website that it has created. The research focuses on the preservation of oral tradition, which can be passed down as a legacy for future generations through the use of new digital tools.

• Position: Managing Director, Β2square
• Office: Κ03/ΘΣ
• Telephone: +30 210 4142451
• Email: dcsciot@unipi.gr

• Position: Civil Engineer Architect, General Director of Restoration, Ministry of Culture
• Office: Κ03/ΘΣ
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• Email: dcsciot@unipi.gr

Mr. Odysseas Arapellis is a graduate of the Department of Aeronautical Sciences of the Icarus School, specializing as an Air Defense Controller, with experience as an Intercept Controller. Unmanned aerial vehicle operator, instructor of Hellenic Drones.

• Position: Unmanned aerial vehicle operator, instructor of Hellenic Drones
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Michalis Vaidakis was born in Athens on February 6th, 1976. He graduated as a Mechanical Engineer and Aeronautical Engineer from the University of Patras in 2000. After completing his studies, he started his doctoral thesis on "Hydrostatic Bearings for High-Speed Turbomachinery" at the Laboratory of Thermal Turbomachinery at the National Technical University of Athens, under the supervision of Professor K. Papaioannou.

During the same period, he worked at Thales Hellas from 2004 to 2016 as a Mechanical Engineer in the R&D department. In 2010, he founded his own company, "SNV Engineering," where he serves as the manager, production supervisor, and head of R&D. Since 2017, he has been involved in the fuelics company as the R&D manager through a corporate collaboration.

• Position: R&D Manager Fuelics S.A.
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• Telephone: +30 210 4142451
• Email: dcsciot@unipi.gr

Avgi Vassi, Director of the Office of the General Secretariat of Spatial Planning and Urban Environment of the Ministry of Environment and Energy, PhDc, MSc Surveyor. – Urban Planner NTUA.

Avgi Vassi has participated in numerous research projects and studies related to urban mobility as she has participated in over 20 research projects funded by the European Union and national funding organizations and in over 20 studies funded by the Local Government. She has significant experience and involvement in all areas of combined urban planning and traffic studies. She has experience in Public Administration procedures, Local Government and the private sector, with specialization in study issues – provision of consulting services.

She also has experience in the field of coordination of European programs (Cyclecities, CycloVET, Cyberparks). Her participation in European programs has contributed to the transfer of European know-how and new policies in the field of urban mobility and especially sustainable mobility with emphasis on cycling in the Greek Territory. She also deals with modern technology that concerns and influences planning in the field of transport.

She has written chapters in international books concerning traffic planning and technology tools. She has written and presented articles in local and international scientific conferences concerning issues of sustainable urban mobility and combined urban and traffic planning.

• Position: Director of the Office of the General Secretariat for Spatial Planning and Urban Environment of the Ministry of Environment and Energy
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Mr. Athanasios Vlastos is an Electrical Engineer & Director of Research & Development, Top Vision Ltd. 

• Position: Electrical Engineer & Director of Research & Development, Top Vision Ltd.
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• Email: dcsciot@unipi.gr

Grigorios Grigorakakis is an archaeologist of the Ministry of Culture with an AD grade. Excellent graduate of the Department of History and Archeology of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, holder of a Master's Degree in Classical Archeology from the same department, excellent graduate of the National School of Public Administration specializes in the application of geological methods. He has carried out rescue excavations in the region of Arcadia, directs the Archaeological Program of South Kynouria and was in charge of the project "Re-exhibition of the Archaeological Museum of Tegea" and the innovative sub-project for the creation and implementation of its digital applications. (EMEA 2016). For his writing and excavation work see https://culture.academia.edu/undefinedundefined and https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Grigoris_Grigorakakis.

He has served in various positions in the Central Service of the Ministry of Culture, in the Central Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities, in the Ephorate of Antiquities of Arcadia (LTHI EPKA) and the Ephorate of Antiquities of Kefallinia as Head of the Department of Prehistoric and Classical Archeology and Archaeological Research as Head of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Kefallinia.

• Position: -Supervisor of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Kefalonia, under the supervision of the Ministry of Culture
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Mina Zoulovits is an LL.M. lawyer and a partner at Zoulovits-Kontogeorgou Law Firm. She has extensive experience and specialized legal training in the digital transformation of businesses, with a focus on e-commerce and personal data protection issues. A significant part of her professional activity involves providing legal support to a demanding clientele consisting of businesses engaged in retail and/or wholesale trade, import or manufacturing of products, and provision of services in Greece and abroad. This includes industries such as fashion, beauty and aesthetics products, transportation, tobacco industry, electrical goods equipment, as well as modern entrepreneurs in the field of innovation involved in managing physical and digital archives, operating online intermediary platforms across the entire spectrum of e-commerce and electronic marketplaces.

She is a member of the Legislative Reform Committee of the Hellenic American Chamber of Commerce, a member of the E-Regulation Committee of E-Commerce Europe, and an elected member of the Advisory Board and external legal counsel of GRECA (Greek e-Commerce Association) since its establishment and to the present day. Furthermore, she has served as a legal advisor to the government on various occasions, including providing advisory assistance on e-governance, digital signatures, and system security.

In addition, she has participated in recent legislative committees related to the amendment of Law 2251/1994 (Consumer Protection Law), including the modifications arising from the incorporation of Directives 2011/83/EU and 2013/11/EU, as well as Law 4512/2018. She has also contributed to the drafting of the Code of Conduct for E-commerce. Recently, she acted as a legal advisor to GRECA in the legislative committee for the incorporation of Regulation 2019/1150/EU (P2B Regulation) into Greek legislation, which focuses on transparency and equal treatment on the internet. She has taught in undergraduate and other educational programs at Greek and foreign universities, as well as various educational institutions such as IST College (under the auspices of the University of Hertfordshire), AIT (under the auspices of Carnegie Mellon), Eltrun (under the auspices of the University of Athens), Excelixis, and others for several years.

• Position: LL.M. lawyer and a partner at Zoulovits-Kontogeorgou Law Firm
• Office: Κ03/ΘΣ
• Telephone: +30 210 4142451
• Email: dcsciot@unipi.gr

Tarek Elemam is the IT Manager of the American School of Classical Studies. He has been serving the School since August 1995, where he setup the whole ASCSA network from scratch, going from 3 old standalone computers to a network of more than 100 computers and servers in 5 Buildings. He works also as the Systems librarian of Aleph (the libraries’ Library Management System) since 2004/2005 and from this position in 2017-2019 he collaborated closely with the two libraries’ staff on successfully implementing RFID technology and LC reclassification during ASCSA libraries modernization project. Over the years he has also overseen multiple EU/ESPA digitization projects.

 He holds a double major and a double bachelor of Computer Science and Computer Engineering from La Verne University of California. MicroMasters UMBC and USMx program in Database Management Systems.  His current studies are in Strategic Applications of IT Project & Program Management, Cybersecurity Risk Management and Computer Forensics. He has also attended various conferences over the past years related to Digital Humanities and Digital Library conferences in Greece, but also abroad DPASSH (Digital Preservation for the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities) University of Sussex, and Digital Humanities DH2018 Mexico City etc.

 Tarek actively participated in setting the guidelines for the saving and digitizing Libyan heritage through the application of modern technologies, an initiative in the year 2013 sponsored by the World Bank and the Department of Archaeology of Libya. In February 2014, he participated in the American Archaeological Mission to Libya through an ASCSA internship program for the Libyan Department of Archeology which included training Libyan employees from the department of archaeology on best practices in data storage, data archiving, long-term preservation, and the access and reuse of digital data.

Prior to his work at the ASCSA, Tarek worked as an IT consultant for different institutions (e.g. Norwegian institute in Athens) ; as a freelance programmer for different commercial companies (e.g. HERACLES Cements) and also as an external inventor 1994 for Volvo.

• Position: IT Manager of the American School of Classical Studies
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• Email: dcsciot@unipi.gr

Dr. Anta (Antonia) Dialla is a Professor of European History at the Department of Theory and History of Art of the School of Fine Arts and since March 2017 is President of the same Department. She teaches in the postgraduate program "Fine Arts" of the Department of Fine Arts of ASKT as well as in the postgraduate program of the Department of Theory and Criticism of Art. She also teaches European at the Hellenic Open University. In the past he has taught history of Europe, Eastern Europe, and Russia during the 19th century at the Universities of Crete and Thessaly. From 2004 to 2009 she was the director of the Historical Archive of the University of Athens. Her scientific interests focus on the History of Russia and Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries (with emphasis on transnational history, Empire and Nationalism), the history of Humanitarian Interventions and Humanism in the 19th century and the History of Historiography.

• Position: Professor of European History in the Department of Theory and History of Art at the Athens School of Fine Arts.
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• Email: adialla@asfa.gr

Dr. George Kakavas studied History and Archeology at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Athens, from where he graduated with honors. He also holds a degree with "excellent" from the Theological School of the same University. As a scholarship holder of S. Saripolou's legacy of excellence, he obtained a Master of Art in Art History from the Courtauld Institute of Art at the University of London. He was awarded a doctorate from the same university with a supervising professor, the eminent Byzantine scholar Prof. Robin Cormack and on the subject of the life and work of Dionysios of Fournas, author of the nickname "Interpretation of the art of painting".

He was first admitted to the Archaeological Service of the Ministry of Culture and has worked as a curator in the 11th Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities, the 2nd Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities, the Byzantine and Christian Museum, the 1st Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities in and responsibility of the prefectures of Fthiotida, Evritania and Fokida and as Deputy Director of the National Archaeological Museum of Athens. He was a researcher of the Christian and Archaeological Society under the supervision of the Byzantine Academician Manolis Hatzidakis, as well as a specialist postgraduate fellow at the Department of Byzantine Archeology of the University of Athens under the supervision of the Byzantine scholar Panagios A. Since 2012 he holds the position of Director at the Numismatic Museum of Athens.

He has participated in the organization and execution of many exhibitions in Greece and abroad. He is a regular guest speaker at conferences, lectures, lectures in Greek and foreign institutions and bodies. He is also responsible for the organization and coordination of educational programs of the Ministry of Education.

LinkedIn Profile:https://www.linkedin.com/in/george-kakavas-07a69239/ 

• Position: Honorary Director General of Contemporary Culture, f. Director of the Numismatic Museum, Ministry of Culture
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Ms. Kalogridis is a Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineer (University of Patras) with a specialization in applied engineering and materials technology and holds a Master’s degree in Engineering Business Management from the University of Warwick, UK.
Since 2009, she has focused on business development, with an emphasis on developing business plans and feasibility studies to evaluate strategic ideas, align objectives with long-term business strategies and maximize sales and profitability. Building on her four years of experience in the Renewable Energy sector (Aleo Solar GmbH, Bosch Group), she joined Pleione Energy S.A., where she participates in highly demanding domestic and international energy projects. With her presence in the energy industry and in the field of Energy Business Innovation, she has developed rich experience in sales and contract negotiations, as well as communication and commercialization strategies and solutions.

• Position: Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Pleione Energy S.A.
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• Position: Digital Creator / Artist. co-admin of the emerging Facebook community Digital Nomads Thessaly & Central Greece
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Vasilis Karkatzounis is a lawyer specializing in issues related to New Technologies.

He holds an LL.M. degree from Queen Mary University of London and is a doctoral candidate at the Department of Information and Communication Systems Engineering at the University of the Aegean.

His research activities focus on data protection, privacy, and consumer issues in the use of Artificial Intelligence systems for profiling and monitoring in the context of online advertising.

He is certified in personal data protection law (CIPP/E) and has served as co-chair of the Greek chapter of the International Association of Privacy Professionals.

He is a regular member of the Permanent Scientific Committee of the Ministry of Justice, studying the implications of Artificial Intelligence on the judicial system.

He is actively involved in Legal Technology (Legal Tech) and is a co-founder of the legal information platform Lawspot.gr.

• Position: Special Secretary for Artificial Intelligence and Data Governance - Lawyer specializing in issues related to New Technologies
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• Email: dcsciot@unipi.gr

Aphroditi Kousouni is a lawyer at the Supreme Court of Greece. She graduated from the Law School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (EKPA) and holds a postgraduate degree in Public Law and a doctorate in Media Law from the University of Tübingen in Germany.

She has worked as a lawyer for several years, and since 2009, she has been a lawyer at the Hellenic Authority for the Assurance of Communications Confidentiality (ADAE). Her main areas of expertise include Information Technology Law, Electronic Communications Law, and Privacy Law.

She is a member of the Association for the Protection of Personal Data and Privacy and has published numerous studies on topics related to modern technologies and constitutional law in general.

• Position: Lawyer at the Hellenic Authority for the Assurance of Communications Confidentiality (ADAE)
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• Telephone: +30 210 4142451
• Email: dcsciot@unipi.gr

George Magginis (born in 1971) studied archeology and art history at the University of Athens and the University of London / SOAS, where he completed his doctoral dissertation on the Holy Mountain of Mount Sinai with scholarships from the Hellenic Archaeological Commission of the United Kingdom, I Leventis and the Wingate Foundation. Since 2001 he teaches History of Byzantine Art (SOAS), Islamic Art (SOAS, Courtauld Institute, University of Edinburgh, Institute of Ismaili Studies, Aga Khan University, British Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, Museum of Islam and Art) of Chinese Art (Benaki Museum, SOAS). He is an honorary partner of the University of Edinburgh. He has participated in archeological excavations in Greece, Cyprus and the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. He has worked at the Hellenic Children's Museum as collector and librarian, at the Hagia Sophia in London as archivist and curator, at the re-exhibition of the Archaeological Museum of Ioannina as curator, and at museums in the United Kingdom as a development consultant. In 2013 he was a Stanley J. Seeger Fellow at Princeton University. He has published scientific articles on Cypriot prehistory, Islamic architecture and art, Sinaitic studies, Chinese pottery as well as the Greek and Armenian diaspora. In 2016 he published two books: Mount Sinai: A History of Travelers and Pilgrims (London) and China Rediscovered: The Benaki Museum Collection of Chinese Ceramics (Athens and London).

• Position: Member of the Tripartite Executive Committee of the Benaki Museum
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• Email: dcsciot@unipi.gr

Gabriel Mavrellis is an experienced executive manager and entrepreneur with extensive experience in the field of Geoinformatics. He strongly supports the establishment of open standards, actions of the free software community, and the idea of sharing data and knowledge.

He has significant expertise in strategic planning and implementation of business plans, as well as redesigning operational workflows to improve profitability. He possesses skills in strategy development and implementation, profit targeting and achievement, management, leadership of teams, and international entrepreneurship. He also has significant technical knowledge in Geoinformatics, Open Data, Business Intelligence, Environment, Remote Sensing, and data collection for Digital Twins.

He is an engineer (National Technical University of Athens) specialized in Business Administration (Henley Business School).

• Position: CEO at GeoSpatial Enabling Technologies Ltd
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Dr. Efthymios Bakogiannis is an Associate Professor at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) - School of Rural and Surveying Engineering. Currently, he serves as the General Secretary of Spatial Planning and Urban Environment at the Ministry of Environment and Energy.

His area of expertise is "Urban Planning with an emphasis on Sustainable Mobility Policies," and he has 15 years of experience in coordinating and implementing urban and transportation studies, overseeing construction projects, and managing funding processes from the European Union and other financing organizations.

He has participated in numerous studies and research programs funded by the EU or national resources (Ministries-Municipalities) involving more than 50 stakeholders. As an experienced researcher, he has contributed to the field since 2001 by authoring dozens of articles and chapters in books in Greece and abroad. He has also participated as a speaker in over 100 conferences on related topics and has written over 50 scientific papers. Leveraging his international experience, he has contributed to the promotion of Urban Planning and Sustainable Mobility in Greece from various positions.

He has served as a Board Member of the Athens Urban Transport Organization and as the President of its Technical Council. Additionally, he has been the President of the Metropolitan Regeneration and Management Agency of Attica and a Director at the Ministry of Productive Reconstruction. He has also been involved in local government bodies.

For more information about his curriculum vitae, you can visit www.bakogiannis.eu.

• Position: General Secretary of Spatial Planning and Urban Environment at the Ministry of Environment and Energy, Associate Professor NTUA
• Office: Κ03/ΘΣ
• Telephone: +30 210 4142451
• Email: dcsciot@unipi.gr

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Yannis Nikolopoulos founded his first company that manufactures and operates photovoltaic parks while in his 3rd year of studies at the Electrical Engineering School of Patras. At the same time, he was training as a Samaritan Volunteer of the Hellenic Red Cross and working in the telephone service department of OTE. In October 2009, a car accident involving his sister forced him to develop a problem-solving strategy in all areas of his life, in order to manage his company, his studies, but also her difficult treatment program. This period helped him practice his emotional intelligence and taught him how to be efficient and calm under pressure. In October 2012, he founded Clio Muse IKE together with Andreas Fatouros and Daphne Tsevreni. What started as an idea of ​​3 young people has now grown into a sustainable profitable business of 13 people based in Monastiraki. Clio Muse allows tourism and cultural professionals to create their own digital audio tours and sell them to travelers from all over the world.

• Position: Technical Director and Co-Founder at Clio Muse
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• Email: dcsciot@unipi.gr

• Position: Teaching Staff
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• Telephone: +30 210 4142451
• Email: aecon@unipi.gr

Panagiotis Perakis is a lawyer based in Athens, Greece (par. Areios Pagos).

He studied law at the Law School of the University of Athens and pursued postgraduate studies in France, specializing in Information Law and Legal Informatics.

In addition to his legal practice, he served as a Legal Advisor to the European Commission for approximately a decade on legal issues related to information and communication technologies. He has also been involved in the legal committees of the IFIP (International Federation for Information Processing) and CEPIS (Council of European Professional Informatics Societies).

In Greece, he has been a member of Independent Authorities and has served as President or member of legislative committees and working groups on various topics, including capital market operations, modernization of sports legislation, and privacy protection in telecommunications. He was the primary drafter of the first legislative proposal for personal data protection in Greece.

He has contributed to the authorship of two collective works: "Information Systems Security" and "The New Sports Law." He is a member of the Scientific Council of the Tsatsos Foundation.

Furthermore, he is a member of the Hellenic Association of Commercialists, the Greek Association for Human Rights, and the Greek Section of Amnesty International.

He served on the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Data Protection Authority (HDPA) for a decade, from 2011 to 2020 when he resigned.

Since 2020, he has been elected Vice-President of the official European body of lawyers (Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe - CCBE). From 2015 to 2019, he served as President of the CCBE's Standing Committee on Access to Justice.

• Position: Lawyer
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• Position: Archaiologist, IT Engineer, Department of Management of the National Archive of Monuments and Archaeological Cadastre, Directorate of Management of the National Archive of Monuments, Ministry of Culture
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• Position: Journalist
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• Position: IT Engineer, Department of Management of the National Archive of Monuments and Archaeological Cadastre, Directorate of Management of the National Archive of Monuments, Ministry of Culture
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Georgios Tsihrintzis is Professor at the Department of Informatics at the University of Piraeus. He holds a Diploma in Electrical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens and a Master's and a Ph.D. degree from Northeastern University in the United States.

From 2008 to 2012, he served as Vice President of the department. From 2008 to 2016, he was the Director of the Postgraduate Program "Advanced Information Systems" at the department. From 2012 to 2016, he was a member of the University of Piraeus Foundation Council. Since September 1, 2016, he has been the Chair of the Department of Informatics for two consecutive terms, which end on August 31, 2020. From 2018 to 2020, he served as the Director of the Postgraduate Program "Advanced Information Systems - Software Systems Development and Artificial Intelligence." Throughout his more than 21 years of service at the University of Piraeus, he has served as President/Member of more than 50 committees, both within the Department of Informatics and the University of Piraeus.

He has also served as President/Member of evaluation committees for research proposals submitted to the General Secretariat for Research and Technology (GSRT) and other Greek and European bodies.

Furthermore, he served as an Alternate Member of the Governing Board of the Hellenic Open University from 2009 to 2015.

His current research interests include Pattern Recognition, Machine Learning, Decision Theory, Statistical Signal Processing, and Computational Intelligence, as well as their applications in Multimedia Interactive Services, User Modeling in Software, Knowledge-Based Software Systems, Human-Computer Interaction, and Information Retrieval. He has published over 300 research papers in major international journals and conferences and is a co-author of five (5) monographs and co-editor of 22 volumes. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Computational Intelligence Studies (Inderscience) and Intelligent Decision Technologies (IOS Press), as well as a member of the editorial boards of 11 other international scientific journals. He has edited 10 special issues of significant international scientific journals. He is a co-founder and co-editor of the book series "LEARNING AND ANALYTICS IN INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS" published by the leading scientific publisher SPRINGER. He is a co-founder and co-chair of the steering committee of the annual international conference "INFORMATION, INTELLIGENCE, SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS," whose proceedings are published by the prestigious IEEE. He has chaired more than 30 major international conferences. He has been honored with significant international awards for outstanding research work and has been invited as a keynote speaker at major international scientific conferences.

• Position: Professor
• Office: 506/ΚΕΚΤ
• Telephone: +30 210 4142322
• Email: geoatsi@unipi.gr

Matthew Baldwin was appointed Deputy Director-General at DG ENER, the energy department of the European Commission, on June 1, 2022. There, he is responsible for the Task Force Energy Platform, which aims to end the EU's dependence on Russian gas as soon as possible. He has served in the European Commission for over 20 years. Previously, he was Deputy Director-General at DG MOVE for 6 years, where he led the Horizon Europe Mission of the Commission for 100 Climate Neutral and Smart Cities by 2030, and also served as the coordinator for EU road safety and sustainable urban mobility. Prior to that, he was Director for Aviation at DG MOVE and Director for Market Access at DG Trade. He is also an Associate Professor at LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome, Italy. He served in the Ministerial Council of President Barroso from 2007-9 as an advisor on energy, climate change, trade, and development. He was Deputy Chief of Cabinet to Commissioner Lamy from 1999-2004 and Chief of Cabinet to Commissioner Hill from 2014-16. His main professional interests are energy, transportation, trade negotiations, and climate change. He holds Italian and British citizenship and has two adult sons. He is passionate about cities and their potential to lead in climate change, and he is an adept but increasingly slow cyclist.

• Position: Deputy Director-General at DG ENER, the energy department of the European Commission
• Office: Κ03/ΘΣ
• Telephone: +30 210 4142451
• Email: dcsciot@unipi.gr

• Position: Teaching Staff
• Office: Κ03/ΘΣ
• Telephone: +30 210 4142451
• Email: dcsciot@unipi.gr

Dr. Rodrigue Imad was born in Beirut, Lebanon in 1983. He received the BE degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Telecommunications and Computers Track from the Lebanese University, Faculty of Engineering, Roumieh, Lebanon. He received the Master of Science degree in Signal, Telecommunications and Images from Telecom Bretagne, France, in 2006. In 2009, Dr. Imad received the Ph.D. degree in Signal Processing and Telecommunications from Telecom Bretagne in France.

Dr. Imad completed two Postdocs in France, one in ETIS Lab and the second at Alcatel Lucent Bell-Labs (now Nokia Bell-Labs). He was also an academic visitor at University of Leeds, School of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, UK.

Dr. Imad joined the University of Balamand, Issam Fares Faculty of Technology in October 2011. From February 2012 till January 2022, he was the Chairperson of the Mechatronics Department. He actively contributed to the establishment and development of the Mechatronics Department in three campuses of the University of Balamand. In February 2022, Dr. Imad joined the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Balamand as Associate Professor in the Computer Engineering Department. 

Dr. Imad taught a variety of courses that involve different fields, including Programming, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Telecommunications, Electrical and Electronic Circuits, etc. 

The research interests of Dr. Imad include signal processing for digital communications systems, synchronization techniques, robotics, and artificial intelligence. He conducted fundamental and applied research and his papers were published in internationally renowned journals and flagship conferences. Dr. Imad participates regularly in the peer reviews of international journals and served as a member of several Technical Program committees of international conferences. 

• Position: Associate Professor, Computer Engineering Department, University of Balamand
• Office: Κ03/ΘΣ
• Telephone: +30 210 4142451
• Email: dcsciot@unipi.gr